Brenda Marshall

Brenda Marshall

​Brenda Marshall (September 29, 1915 – July 30, 1992) was an American film actress. Born Ardis Ankerson in Negros, Philippines, Marshall made her first film appearance in the 1939 Espionage Agent. The following year, she played the leading lady to Errol Flynn in The Sea Hawk. After divorcing actor Richard Gaines in 1940, she married the actor William Holden in 1941 and her own career quickly...

Known For

The Sea Hawk

as Doña Maria Alvarez de Cordoba

Background to Danger

as Tamara Zaleshoff

Captains of the Clouds

as Emily Foster

Cast Credits

Whispering Smith

as Marian Sinclair

Strange Impersonation

as Nora Goodrich

Paris After Dark

as Yvonne Blanchard

Background to Danger

as Tamara Zaleshoff

The Constant Nymph

as Toni Sanger

You Can't Escape Forever

as Laurie Abbott

Captains of the Clouds

as Emily Foster

Breakdowns of 1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Smiling Ghost

as Lil Barstow

Highway West

as Claire Foster

Singapore Woman

as Vicki Moore

Footsteps in the Dark

as Rita Warren

South of Suez

as Katharine 'Kit' Sheffield

East of the River

as Laurie Romayne

Money and the Woman

as Barbara Patteson

The Sea Hawk

as Doña Maria Alvarez de Cordoba

Espionage Agent

as Brenda Ballard

Blackwell's Island

as Reynolds' Secretary (uncredited)